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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

SUBMARINES

MILLÉ submarines (1943 / 1946-1947)

Millé 1945

Laubie 1954

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Millé (ex-U471) E16, later- S08, 1950- S609 302 Deutsche Werke, Kiel, Germany 10.1941 6.3.1943 5/1943 // 1946 stricken 1963
Laubie (ex-U766) E17, later- S09, 1950- S610 149 KMW Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3.1941 29.5.1943 7/1943 // 1947 stricken 1961

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

769 / 1070

Length, m

67.1

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

4.74

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Laubie: 2 Germania diesels / 2 GL electric motors

Millé : 2 Germania diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

Power, h. p.

2800 - 3200 / 750

Max speed, kts

17 - 17.7 / 7.6

Fuel, t

diesel oil 114

Endurance, nm(kts) 8500(10) / 80(4)

Armament

Millé: 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 stern, 14 or 36 mines)

Laubie: 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 stern, 14)

Electronic equipment FuMO 30 or FuMO 61 radar, GHG, Balkon-Gerät sonars

Complement

56

Diving depth operational, m 100

Project history: Ex-German submarines of VIIC series received in damaged condition and repaired for French navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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